DMA Conducting: Band/Wind Ensemble at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Programme overview

The DMA in Band & Wind Ensemble Conducting trains professional conductors through intensive study with a major artist-teacher, covering conducting and rehearsal technique, score study and surveys of historically important and contemporary repertoire. Each DMA student serves as assistant conductor to the conducting faculty within the university band program.

Faculty: School of Music, Theatre & Dance | Department: Department of Conducting | Duration: Normally six terms of full-time study beyond the master's degree | Intake: Application deadline December 1 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Ann Arbor, MI, United States

What you will study

Minimum requirements include foreign language, musicology and music theory, and performance; students are expected to attain candidacy at the beginning of the sixth term. The DMA culminates in public conducting performances equivalent to three concerts in lieu of a dissertation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Application deadline December 1. Nearly all DMA students receive full-tuition fellowships, health benefits and a stipend attached to a Graduate Student Assistantship. At least one academic year of full-time residence is required.

Intake: Application deadline December 1

Duration: Normally six terms of full-time study beyond the master's degree

Apply through the official page: https://rackham.umich.edu/admissions/applying/

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